Jun 16, 2025
Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson
Artist: Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 - 1641)
Date: 1633
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United Kingdom
Henrietta Maria of France
Henrietta Maria of France (French: Henriette Marie; 25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until his execution on 30 January 1649. She was the mother of Charles II and James II and VII. Under a decree of her husband, she was known in England as Queen Mary, but she did not like this name and signed her letters "Henriette" or "Henriette Marie".
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